Twicetold tales: Beauty and the Basement. Beauty and the basement

A young man confined to his basement, a broken-down car, and surveillance video footage aren't normal elements in a fairy tale. But in this 21st-century retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Carlo Mostro must challenge himself to go beyond his comfort zone . . . the basement. Will he let Belle help him? In this modern version of Beauty and the Beast, unhappy fifteen-year-old Carlo has been living in the basement of his family's mansion ever since his father died--until beautiful fifteen-year-old Belle shows up to pay for the rose her father picked in the garden. In this modern version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, unhappy 15-year-old Carlo has been living in the basement of his family's mansion since his father died, until beautiful 15-year-old Belle shows up to pay for the rose her father picked in the greenhouse.